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JAPAN Japan is a country made up of several islands. It is located in Eastern Asia between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. The country's total area is 377,915 sq. miles. Its capital city is Tokyo and their main language is Japanese. Japan is the 10th most populated country with 127,638,088 habitants after Russia. Japan's population is 16 times more populated than Honduras's population. Although their population is one of the highest, it is decreasing at a slow rate.

Japan's birth rate is 8.39 births/1000 people, and their death rate is 9.15 deaths/1000 people. Japan is a MEDC country for several reasons: their industrialisation, GPD, and Human Development Index. Japan has the third most largest economy in the world. After World War II, the development of technology, strong work ethic, and the union of the government-industry cooperation are factors that have increased Japan's economy. Their economy has slowed down a little after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake interrupted some of their manufacturing.

Japan's population growth rate is -0.077%. This means that their population is a decreasing at a slow rate because couples are having at most 1 kid; many adults have also decided to live a single life and have no kids at all because of all the financial costs it takes for a kid to be raised. Because of the low amount of kids being born in the last years, most of the habitants are adults and senior citizens.

The infant mortality rate is 2.21/1000 live births. Having such a low infant mortality rate shows how the Japanese have a good access to medical service, water, and that they have a healthy living style. Japanese have access to drinkable tap water, and their food consists of vegetables, fish, and rice. Cars are rarely used, so people tend to do some exercise as they walk from their homes to their jobs and vice versa.

The net migration net in Japan is 0/1000 people. This means that the people that migrate is the same as the people who immigrate to the country. Because its net migration net is at zero, their population is not affected by those who leave or arrive to the country. Those who leave from Japan to another countries are not improving the negative growth rate of their country.

The life expectancy for men is 80.57 years and for women is 87.43 years. The life expectancy for Japan is in the 3rd place of highest years lived by humans. The reasons why people live for so long is because of health insurance, primary education, and healthy life style. The government's investment in health during the 50s and 60s are a big part of why the life expectancy in Japan is so high. The women that died during the earthquake and tsunami have lowered the life expectancy for them. Also, most of their habitants have completed their 15 years of education.

Because the population growth rate is negative, doubling time is impossible to calculate. Japan's population is decreasing instead of increasing, which is worrying the Japanese government. The problems they are stressing about is that culture might disappear and that economy might be affected by the high number of senior citizens and low number of young citizens. Japan is located at stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model because the birth rate has dropped and death is higher than birth rate.

Some problems facing in Japan is the negative population growth rate because as it declines their culture does, too. The earthquake and tsunami have lowered some economic activities in japan and the life expectancy for women. People are having fewer babies and also many have decided to live single lives.

-Fernanda Medina





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